How to post Flash applets to a wall on Facebook? - facebook

Question

In the comments of this question, users have commented that it's possible to insert a Flash applet into a Facebook wall post. I was under the impression this isn't possible without making a FB app.
I'm aware that FB will convert links to various media types - e.g. a link to a MP3 becomes automagically a SWF MP3 player, but the Flash applet used is chosen by FB's internal logic, not by the content of the post. Is it possible to embed a SWF applet of your own choosing?
As I haven't been able to find any documentation on this, has anyone else? Or, do you have some PoC code that does this?

Answer 1

you can use the Facebook's JS-SDK for it:
FB.ui(
{
method: 'feed',
name: 'Title pf post',
link: 'http://link.to.target',
picture: 'http://link.to.previewimage',
source: 'http://link.to.swf',
caption: 'Subtitle',
description: 'Maintext',
},
function(response) {
if (response && response.post_id) {
//alert('Post was published.');
} else {
//alert('Post was not published.');
}
}
);

Answer 2

As you said in the comment of the other question, that you were also interested in how to pass parameters to the swf, here is the solution:
in javascript
function postOnWall(fbuid) {
var params = {};
params['message'] = "my message";
params['name'] = "my name";
params['description'] = "my description";
params['link'] = "https://www.mylink.com";
params['caption'] = "my caption";
params['picture'] = "https://www.mylink.de/thumb.png";
params['source'] = "https://www.mylink.de/Main.swf" + "?bla=thisisyourdynamicquerystring";
FB.api('/' + fbuid + '/feed', 'post', params, function(response) {
if (!response || response.error) {
// Error occured while publishing to stream
} else {
// Published to stream
}
});
}
in actionscript
public function Main() {
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderComplete);
}
private function loaderComplete(event : Event) : void {
var myQueryStrings : Object = this.loaderInfo.parameters;
if (myQueryStrings && myQueryStrings.bla) {
_myMovie.label.text = myQueryStrings.bla;
}
}